--- title: "8 Degrees Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "8 Degrees quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Degrees sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/william-shakespeare-4_circumstances_can-you-nominate-in-order-now-the-degree_212098.jpg" --- > [Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/can-you-nominate-in-order-now-the-degrees-of-the-lie-i-will-name-you/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/william-shakespeare-4_circumstances_can-you-nominate-in-order-now-the-degree_212098.jpg) > [O Ceremony, show me but thy worth? What is thy soul of adoration? Art thou aught else but place, degree, and form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-ceremony-show-me-but-thy-worth-what-is-thy-soul-of-adoration-art/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/william-shakespeare-4_adoration_o-ceremony-show-me-but-thy-worth-what-is_308072.jpg) > [The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-heavens-themselves-the-planets-and-this-centre-observe-degree/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/william-shakespeare-4_centre_the-heavens-themselves-the-planets-and-t_373539.jpg) > [Take but degree away, untune that string, and hark, what discord follows!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/take-but-degree-away-untune-that-string-and-hark-what-discord-follows/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_take-but-degree-away-untune-that-string_517814.jpg) > [No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner-looked-but-they-loved-no/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner_1516460.jpg) > [Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-none-presume-to-wear-an-undeserved-dignity-o-that-estates-degrees/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/william-shakespeare-4_clear_let-none-presume-to-wear-an-undeserved-d_2024255.jpg) > [My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-conscience-hath-a-thousand-several-tongues-and-every-tongue-brings/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/william-shakespeare-4_bars_my-conscience-hath-a-thousand-several-to_2253447.jpg) > [How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-poor-are-they-that-have-not-patience-what-wound-did-ever-heal-but-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_how-poor-are-they-that-have-not-patience_2309928.jpg) ## Other authors on Degrees ## More by William Shakespeare > [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/degrees/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "8 Degrees Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. 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